Category: Science

The star passes very close to the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole and could reveal the black hole’s spin by tracking how it warps the

Astronomers have discovered the closest, fastest star ever seen orbiting Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the 4.3 million-solar-mass black hole at the heart of our galaxy.

Scientists are largely clueless about the origins of static electricity. A quirky group of researchers aims to change that.

The thrilling National Geographic series, premiering August 19, follows Kio from lion cub to king.

About 12 billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy known as LKH collided with a young Milky Way and merged with it. This artist’s concept portrays

Practically all modern computers, from the cheap microcontroller in your dishwasher to high-tech hardware crunching numbers for artificial intelligence systems, rely on versions of the

IBM has revealed a new modular, ultracold system designed to link hundreds of quantum computer chips together to solve one of the field’s biggest infrastructure

Concerns are on the rise about young people’s social media use as governments, parents and schools look to curb children’s exposure to threats such as

The brain develops in stages, and it’s important that certain cells form before others so that precise neural connections can emerge later. But miniature models

In early trials, a new vaccine that didn’t require refrigeration still protected against tetanus and diphtheria.

NASA has finally revealed its first images of the crater made by a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage that smashed into the moon on Aug.

Over the past decade, there’s been a revolution in archaeology as we integrate the science of ancient genomics into the study of humanity ‪—‬ and

The patient: A 65-year-old woman in Qatar The symptoms: The woman had been dealing with unexplained chest pain for several months, although earlier tests of

Long-clawed shrews’ snouts temporarily grow larger in the winter. This skull reshaping may be an extreme survival strategy in cold conditions.